Job cuts show bonus benefits July 31, 2011 THE announcement that Credit Suisse is to cut 2,000 jobs follows an accelerating trend of redundancies in the banking industry, with some commentators speculating the total job losses across the sector could total over 50,000 this year. Many will arise as banks reassess business models in the light of changes to the economic climate and [...]
Police look at Brown claims January 23, 2011 THE News of the World phone-hacking scandal continued to gather pace yesterday, with Gordon Brown asking police to investigate whether he was targeted. The former Prime Minister expressed concerns his messages may have been intercepted between 2005 and 2007, when he was chancellor. Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne ramped up pressure on News [...]
Police look at Brown claims January 23, 2011 THE News of the World phone-hacking scandal continued to gather pace yesterday, with Gordon Brown asking police to investigate whether he was targeted. The former Prime Minister expressed concerns his messages may have been intercepted between 2005 and 2007, when he was chancellor. Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne ramped up pressure on News [...]
Integrating reporting could complete the vast jigsaw of business reviews September 13, 2011 HEAD OF ACCA UK THE annual review, the management commentary, the chairman’s review, year-on-year summaries, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, the operating and financial review… we could easily go on. Today’s big businesses produce an eye-watering number of corporate reports at the end of each financial year. The whole package contains hundreds of pages [...]
EU suspends carbon market January 19, 2011 The European Union froze spot trade in its carbon market for a week yesterday – the longest period in its history – after a security breach, seeking to protect the battered reputation of the EU’s main weapon against climate change. The US, Japan and Australia have all delayed implementing similar cap and trade schemes, and [...]
EU suspends carbon market January 19, 2011 The European Union froze spot trade in its carbon market for a week yesterday – the longest period in its history – after a security breach, seeking to protect the battered reputation of the EU’s main weapon against climate change. The US, Japan and Australia have all delayed implementing similar cap and trade schemes, and [...]
America’s very own slice of the Caribbean, plus plenty of rum August 29, 2011 WELCOME to the United States of America,” says a groundsman as I land on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, introducing me to the first of many contradictions here. The island is, I find, a cocktail of the tropical Caribbean, American high rise (it is a commonwealth of the USA) all mixed with a huge [...]
America’s very own slice of the Caribbean, plus plenty of rum August 29, 2011 WELCOME to the United States of America,” says a groundsman as I land on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, introducing me to the first of many contradictions here. The island is, I find, a cocktail of the tropical Caribbean, American high rise (it is a commonwealth of the USA) all mixed with a huge [...]
SMEs should go green for growth November 14, 2010 The CBI and Lloyds Banking Group are urging small and medium-sized companies to take advantage of low-carbon opportunities ahead of a major climate change summit on Wednesday. With the global market for low-carbon goods and services expected to be worth around £4 trillion by 2015, SMEs need to act now to develop products and services, [...]
SMEs should go green for growth November 14, 2010 The CBI and Lloyds Banking Group are urging small and medium-sized companies to take advantage of low-carbon opportunities ahead of a major climate change summit on Wednesday. With the global market for low-carbon goods and services expected to be worth around £4 trillion by 2015, SMEs need to act now to develop products and services, [...]